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Bridgesia bovayensis
Bridgesia bovayensis Manchester, E. O’Leary Bot. Rev. (Lancaster), 76(1): 76. Mar 2010
- Name
- Bridgesia bovayensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Bridgesia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
O’Leary E. L.
- Publication
- Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits [2010/3]
- Journal
- Botanical Review
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 76
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Bovay Clay Pit, Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 15737- 30660
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF 15737-30661
- Diagnosis
- Fruit widely elliptical, 15–16 mm high, 30 mm wide (nearly twice as
wide as high), schizocarpic, falling into at least two singly winged mericarps.
Locular area, comprising 1/2 to 2/3 the width of the fruit, inflated; the remaining
distal portion forms the wings. Each locule contains a single globose seed
attached centrally to the median axis of the fruit. The pedicel is stout, articulated
with the base of the fruit with a widened scar of perianth and/or disk; a very
short stipe is evident between the perianth scar and the remainder of the fruit.
Venation consists of main veins spreading into the wings, with frequent
dichotomies and anastomoses, craspedodromous to a fimbrial vein.
